Firearms Refresher Course

1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.

3. Colt: The original point and click interface.

4. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.

5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords and IEDs? (IED = Improvised Explosive Device)

6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.

7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.

8. If you don't know your rights, you don't have any.

9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.

10. The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights Reserved.

11. What part of 'shall not be infringed' do you NOT understand?

12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.

13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

14.. Guns have only two enemies; rust and politicians.

15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.

16.. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

17. 911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.

18. Assault is a behavior, not a device.

19. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer

20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.

21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.

22. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.

23. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don't make more.

24. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.

25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.

friendly additions:

26. The Second Amendment isn't about the right to hunt; it is about the right to defend ourselves against a tyrannical government.

If you feel so moved, share this refresher with friends & family, be they freemen or bondmen.

Noteworthy quotes of LIBERTY to remember:

"And what country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms! The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." -- Thomas Jefferson

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), 1755

"If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being a gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave." -- Samuel Adams

"To suppose arms in the hands of citizens, to be used at individual discretion, except in private self-defense, or by partial orders of towns, countries or districts of a state, is to demolish every constitution, and lay the laws prostrate, so that liberty can be enjoyed by no man; it is a dissolution of the government. The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws." -- John Adams, A Defence of the Constitutions of the United States 475 (1787-1788)

"False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.

Can it be supposed that those who have the courage to violate the most sacred laws of humanity, the most important of the code, will respect the less important and arbitrary ones, which can be violated with ease and impunity, and which, if strictly obeyed, would put an end to personal liberty... and subject innocent persons to all the vexations that the guilty alone ought to suffer?

Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. They ought to be designated as laws not preventive but fearful of crimes, produced by the tumultuous impression of a few isolated facts, and not by thoughtful consideration of the inconveniences and advantages of a universal decree."

-- Cesare Beccaria, Dei delitti e delle pene, [On Crimes and Punishments] ch.38 (1764) Translation is as quoted by Thomas Jefferson in his _Commonplace Book_, 314 (G. Chinard ed. 1926), which was "the source book and repertory of Jefferson's ideas on government." Id. at 4.

Noteworthy quotes of TYRANNY to remember:

"This year will go down in history. For the first time a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future." - Adolf Hitler (1935)

"Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed." - Sara Brady, Chairman, Handgun Control (to Sen. Howard Metzanbaum, The National Educator, Jan 1994, Page 3)

"Gun registration is not enough… Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of firearms is the goal." - Attorney-General Janet Reno (December 10th, 1993 [AP])

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"From the White House: What health insurance reform means for you"

Mr. President, with all due respect...

NO! Nationalized health care means more loss of freedom -- in this case, our unalienable health freedoms!

Please tell me:

• Why should We the People trust the government with control over our unalienable health freedoms, when its alphabet soup organizations like the FDA & AMA approve poisons to be included in our foods & medicines?

• Why should We the People trust the government with control over our unalienable health freedoms, when we know minimal control will eventually grow into maximum control? "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." -- Lord Acton

• Why should We the People trust the government to effectively and efficiently manage our health freedoms for us, when health care costs were not a problem before the government got involved in the first place, and further when it cannot even properly manage the national economy, or for that matter nearly anything it attempts to manage?

We the People who acknowledge and understand the War on Liberty, which has existed since the dawn of man, and which includes the unalienable right to life, will continue to resist the ever continuing advance of socialism & fascism in America -- it is our duty as Americans to do so!

"If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being a gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave." -- Samuel Adams

JUST SAY NO TO TYRANNY!

8-)

bernard baruch carman

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(in response to:)

On Jul 29, 2009, at 12:29 PM, President Barack Obama wrote:

Dear Friend,

If you’re like most Americans, there’s nothing more important to you about health care than peace of mind.

Given the status quo, that’s understandable. The current system often denies insurance due to pre-existing conditions, charges steep out-of-pocket fees – and sometimes isn’t there at all if you become seriously ill.

It’s time to fix our unsustainable insurance system and create a new foundation for health care security. That means guaranteeing your health care security and stability with eight basic consumer protections:

• No discrimination for pre-existing conditions
• No exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays
• No cost-sharing for preventive care
• No dropping of coverage if you become seriously ill
• No gender discrimination
• No annual or lifetime caps on coverage
• Extended coverage for young adults
• Guaranteed insurance renewal so long as premiums are paid

Learn more about these consumer protections at Whitehouse.gov.

Over the next month there is going to be an avalanche of misinformation and scare tactics from those seeking to perpetuate the status quo. But we know the cost of doing nothing is too high. Health care costs will double over the next decade, millions more will become uninsured, and state and local governments will go bankrupt.

It’s time to act and reform health insurance, drive down costs and guarantee the health care security and stability of every American family. You can help by putting these core principles of reform in the hands of your friends, your family, and the rest of your social network.

Thank you,

Barack Obama

US Federal Budget - BEWARE Deceptive Emails!

you might have already received an email having a subject line containing something like "Subject: FW: Please read this and pass it along."

funny how these kind of emails are nearly always biased toward one agenda or another... just like contemporary journalism! 8-) i guess we're so heavily indoctrinated into such an US vs. THEM mindset that it is very difficult to think outside that deceptive box.

the one i received today (below my signature) is obviously biased toward what Amerikan politicos would generally call "Conservative", in that it criticizes -- and rightly so -- the various wasteful and illegal spending within the US budget.

a call to action statement was also included, "Here’s where to save money, start with these departments!"

but i ask, WHY? shall we discontinue certain federal government departments simply because it is the desire of a particular political or philosophical whim of some people? by what standard should federal government spending and/or departments be cut?

the real answer is pretty simple: the federal government should be cut back to its legal Constitutional limitations... PERIOD! however, often when this answer is given, there are often mixed reactions dependent upon one's bias and/or agenda.

for example, when one states the fact that there is no Constitutional provision for the federal government to be involved in Public Education, a typical ignorant reaction is generally to ignore this as well as the fact that there are different levels of government having specific jurisdiction, while advancing the argument that it is our duty as a nation to provide education for all American citizens -- and apparently in many cases, for illegals as well.

similarly, when one states the fact that ever since the end of WWII, America has engaged in wars called "police actions" without any formal declaration of war, as mandated by the Constitution, the presenter of said fact is often charged with "disrespecting our troops". further, since WWII the federal government has engaged in several wars designed to have no victory conditions (aka: Endless Wars -- Drugs, Terror, Poverty, Hunger, Illiteracy, etc.), all of which can be summed up as an ongoing massive War on LIBERTY.

it seems people tend to support Constitutionally limited government only when it suits their particular philosophy and/or agenda. ironically, the email said absolutely nothing in regards to the legal mandate for a Constitutionally limited federal government! if We the People continue down this slippery slope, we can be sure that America will not recover from heading down a road of certain economic and social destruction.

getting back to this deceptive email i received, i also noticed when looking at the Wiki 2009 US Federal Budget chart, that if one were to sum both the Global War on Terror (4.75%) and the US Department of Defense (16.85%) budgets, we get a total result of 21.6% for military expenditures, which is larger than the largest pie slice of 21.05% for Social Security. perhaps the US Federal Government split this into two separate groups for a particular reason? (i call it deception! ;-)

this said, at least national defense is actually a legal Constitutional provision and power of the US Federal Government, so long as Congress and Executive branches adhere to the rules. i would imagine there would also be a major cut in the military budget should these limitations also be mandated.

regardless and as suggested by the email, if we only cut the un-Constitutional programs which this "side" fancies, it would total a budget cut of $338.3 Billion, which appears like a great cut, albeit it entirely arbitrarily derived.

however, according to David Walker, ex-US Comptroller General, if the federal government was cut back to its Constitutionally limited powers, it would total a budget cut of ~66%.

according to Wiki, the 2009 US Federal Budget expenditures were ~$3.1 Trillion. therefore, if the proposed Constitutional Budget cut was passed, it would total a budget cut of over $2 Trillion!

i'm certainly not mathematically nor economically gifted, however it appears to me that if this were done, the total revenue of ~$2.7 Trillion could be reduced by nearly one-third, which would be a budget cut of nearly $1 Trillion US Dollars per year to pay down the ongoing national debt, now estimated at ~$11.3 Trillion, which could be accomplished within around 15 years! once the national debt was paid off, that ~$.7T per year could reduce the burden of the American taxpayer.

media pundits and political talking heads have been challenging the opposition to the ongoing "economic stimulus plans" which are sending us into an ever exponentially climbing debt for an alternative to the economic plans of both the Bush and Obama administrations... well, this seems like a no brainer, eh!

so by all means... Please read this and pass it along to everyone you know, and every time you get another deceptive email which claims to contain "intelligent" political answers which we should pass on to our elected governing authorities.

in liberty,

8-)

bernard baruch carman

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(in response to:)

Subject: FW: Please read this and pass it along.

Here’s where to save money, start with these departments! Boy, was I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war and the war on terror is bankrupting us. I now find that to be RIDICULOUS. I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them. I also have included the URL’s for verification of all the following facts. 1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77 2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html 3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html 4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html 5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html 6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html 7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts..cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt..01.html 8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers. Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html 9. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts..cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html 10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that’s two and a half times that of non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html 11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border. Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht 12. The National policy Institute, ’estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.’ Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute..org/pdf/deportation.pdf 13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances to their countries of origin. Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm> 14. ’The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One million sex crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States ’ Verify at: http: // www.drdsk.com/articleshtml The total cost is a whopping $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. Are we THAT stupid? If this doesn’t bother you then just delete the message. If, on the other hand, it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward it to every legal resident in the country including every elected representative in Washington, D.C. - five times a week for as long as it takes to restore somesemblance of intelligence in our policies and enforcement thereof.

INDOCTRINATE U -- The Movie!

i just watched "INDOCTRINATE U" the other night and i thought i'd send a message of endorsement. it is a documentary regarding the various attacks upon free speech within American colleges & universities, many of which are largely funded by the American taxpayer.

i wrote to the director, Evan Maloney, telling him the ideas we've had in our LibertyAsheville group for local outreach to college/university students in the WNC area in holding viewings on at least a monthly basis, including post-film forum discussions.

i asked him what the fee would be if we wanted to show his film, the process for doing so, etc. he replied saying he'd snail mail me a DVD copy and that there was no charge -- he just wants to get the message out and was most appreciative that we were considering his movie for our film schedule!

needless to say, i was very impressed with his response and also the way he carried himself on camera as being so polite and unwavering in his gentle and humorist demeanor, even while faced with very rude and negative reactions by university officials. Evan certainly sets a great example for the kind of Americans patriots we need to stand up against the ongoing oppression of our individual liberties!

on their website & on YouTube, there is a clip with Lou Dobbs of CNN from 03.12.2009 which i suggest viewing as well.

if you have children, or know anyone with children, who are currently enrolled in or planning to attend a higher learning facility, OR if you are currently in the world of academia as a teacher or in some other capacity, i cannot more highly recommend watching this film and suggesting it to everyone you know.

i'm not sure if it will be made available in the regular video outlets and/or Netflix. while writing this, and when i could not locate a "movie title suggestion" link on their website, i called Netflix and spoke with a helpful rep. when i asked why i couldn't locate this, he said they had to remove it because it was being abused. apparently, 80% of the suggestions were for porn! he made a note of my suggestion.

i then was browsing the Indoctrinate-U.com website, and located a link for Netflix movie suggestions [http://www.netflix.com/Suggest]. thinking it wouldn't work, i tried it and it DOES! so if you have a moment, please do likewise so that IU will have the opportunity to be viewed by Netflix users -- thanks!

in liberty, especially considering the minds of the future generations of America...

8-)

bernard baruch carman

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Obama speech - "Prolonged Detention"

lack of typical unbiased journalism aside, this is an excellent and telling video clip which reveals that the agenda of Neo-Amerikan leaders has absolutely nothing to do with "rule of law" or Constitutionally limited government:

Obama speech - "Prolonged Detention"

as time goes, increasingly noteworthy become these links: We The People • Oath Keepers

in liberty...

8-)

bbc

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POPE ENDORSES "WORLD POLITICAL AUTHORITY"

those whose eyes have been opening over even decades have been warning of a coming "One World Government" and a "New World Order".

many will recall that even President Bush (version 1 ;-) spoke these words openly years back, and regardless of his intentions, we are now so much closer to this prophesied historic event becoming a reality.

i am personally nearly entirely convinced that the single most pivotal and influential step towards a world government becoming a reality will be economic collapse, particularly of the US Dollar, which will certainly also negatively affect all other national currencies. world leaders have already been talking up the idea of instituting a global currency, which will also no doubt be based upon absolutely nothing of value.

this combined with the seemingly overwhelming acceptance by most of the world, including Americans, of a mixture of Socialism & Fascism -- both systems/philosophies being at enmity with liberty, and therefore, also being at enmity with Messiah -- will certainly usher in a new age of global government.

there has never been another time in the history of mankind which there has been the potential of a true world government system, having such massive military power as the like of nuclear destruction at its disposal.

this is not meant to be a message of fear, nor of condemnation, but one of revelation, education, and vigilance. as ambassadors for the world of tomorrow in the coming kingdom of Messiah, we must continue to keep our eyes focused on Christ, as we continue to pray for guidance and deliverance through all that must occur prior to His millennial reign here on earth.

in liberty & Godbless...

8-)

bernard baruch carman

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POPE ENDORSES "WORLD POLITICAL AUTHORITY"

By Cliff Kincaid July 9, 2009 NewsWithViews.com

http://newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff329.htm

Some in the media are calling it just a statement about “economic justice.” But Pope Benedict XVI’s “Charity in Truth” statement, also known as an encyclical, is a radical document that puts the Roman Catholic Church firmly on the side of an emerging world government.

In explicit and direct language, the Pope calls for a “true world political authority” to manage the affairs of the world. At the same time, however, the Pope also warns that such an international order could “produce a dangerous universal power of a tyrannical nature” and must be guarded against somehow.

The New York Times got it right this time, noting the Pope’s call for a world political authority amounted to endorsement of a New World Economic Order, a long-time goal of the old Soviet-sponsored international communist movement. Bloomberg.com highlighted the Pope’s call for a new world order with “teeth.”

The Pope’s shocking endorsement of a “World Political Authority,” which has prophetic implications for some Christians who fear that a global dictatorship will take power in the “last days” of man’s reign on earth, comes shortly after the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis issued a call for global taxes and more powerful global institutions. U.N. General Assembly President, Miguel D’Escoto, a Communist Catholic Priest, gave a speech at the event calling on the nations of the world to revere “Mother Earth” but concluded with words from the Pope blessing the conference participants.

The controversial Papal statement comes just before a meeting of the G-8 nations and a scheduled meeting between the Pope and President Obama at the Vatican on July 10.

Sounding like Obama himself, Pope Benedict says this new international order can be accomplished through “reform of the United Nations Organization, and likewise of economic institutions and international finance, so that the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth.”

The “teeth” may come in adopting the global environmental agenda, which the Pope warmly embraces.

Sounding like Al Gore, the Pope said that one pressing need is “a worldwide redistribution of energy resources, so that countries lacking those resources can have access to them.” He adds that “This responsibility is a global one, for it is concerned not just with energy but with the whole of creation, which must not be bequeathed to future generations depleted of its resources.”

“The Church has a responsibility towards creation and she must assert this responsibility in the public sphere,” he explains.

In a statement that sounds like an endorsement of a new global warming treaty, which will be negotiated at a U.N. conference in December, the Pope says, “The international community has an urgent duty to find institutional means of regulating the exploitation of non-renewable resources, involving poor countries in the process, in order to plan together for the future.”

“The technologically advanced societies can and must lower their domestic energy consumption, either through an evolution in manufacturing methods or through greater ecological sensitivity among their citizens.” he declares.

In terms of how this new “world political authority” should look, the Pope says that it, too, should have “teeth” in the form of “the authority to ensure compliance with its decisions from all parties, and also with the coordinated measures adopted in various international forums.” Pope Benedict declares that “such an authority would need to be universally recognized and to be vested with the effective power to ensure security for all, regard for justice, and respect for rights.”

But the document, which is more than 30,000 words long, is contradictory in that it pretends that a world government can co-exist with freedom and democracy. For example, the statement calls for “a greater degree of international ordering, marked by subsidiarity, for the management of globalization.” The term “subsidiarity” is usually defined as having matters handled by local authorities, not international bureaucrats.

In another example of double-speak, the Pope declares that “Globalization certainly requires authority, insofar as it poses the problem of a global common good that needs to be pursued. This authority, however, must be organized in a subsidiary and stratified way, if it is not to infringe upon freedom and if it is to yield effective results in practice.”

He doesn’t explain how it will be possible for citizens to influence or control this “world political authority” when they are under its bureaucratic control.

In the statement about how the New World Order could turn into a tyranny, the Pope is also contradictory, declaring that “...the principle of subsidiarity is particularly well-suited to managing globalization and directing it towards authentic human development. In order not to produce a dangerous universal power of a tyrannical nature, the governance of globalization must be marked by subsidiarity, articulated into several layers and involving different levels that can work together.”

Against, he doesn’t explain how people on the local or even national levels will be able to resist this tyranny.

In a strong endorsement of foreign aid, the Pope says that “In the search for solutions to the current economic crisis, development aid for poor countries must be considered a valid means of creating wealth for all.”

But there must be more. He says that “...more economically developed nations should do all they can to allocate larger portions of their gross domestic product to development aid, thus respecting the obligations that the international community has undertaken in this regard.”

This statement seems to be an urgent call for fulfilment of the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals, which involve an estimated $845 billion from the U.S. over a ten-year period.

The Pope goes on to say that the social order should conform to the moral order, but the fact is that on moral issues such as abortion and homosexuality, the agenda of the United Nations is opposed to that of the Catholic Church. Even on capital punishment, there is disagreement. The U.N. opposes it while traditional church teaching (Section 2267 of the Catholic Catechism) allows it in certain cases.

In his statement, the Pope declares that “Some non-governmental Organizations work actively to spread abortion, at times promoting the practice of sterilization in poor countries, in some cases not even informing the women concerned. Moreover, there is reason to suspect that development aid is sometimes linked to specific health-care policies which de facto involve the imposition of strong birth control measures. Further grounds for concern are laws permitting euthanasia as well as pressure from lobby groups, nationally and internationally, in favour of its juridical recognition.”

What he doesn’t mention is that some of these groups operate through and with the support of the United Nations.

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